Usman Khawaja’s brother arrested over alleged terror hit list

The brother of Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has been arrested over a forged terror hit list found at the University of NSW earlier this year.

At 8.30am today, police pulled over 39-year-old Arsalan Khawaja at Parramatta, in Sydney’s west, and took him into custody.

The Joint Counter Terrorism Team has been investigating a notebook containing alleged plans to kill senior politicians and target major landmarks.

25-year-old PhD student Mohamed Kamer Nizamdeen was arrested over the document in August but has since had all terror-related charges against him dropped because his handwriting didn’t match the notebook.

Arsalan Khawaja is accused of framing his colleague, “motivated by a personal grievance” over a woman.

Khawaja has now been charged by police.

He’s been granted conditional bail, including a $50,000 security.

Arsalan Khawaja, the brother of Test cricketer Usman Khawaja, with his father who’s posted $50k bail surety for his release after he was charged over an alleged fake terror plot @2GB873pic.twitter.com/jQe7NVJl3x